Truck.



H. ZARLING.

, 1111011. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 10, 1911.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

v HENRY ZARLING, OF SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN.

TRUCK.,

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 10, 1911. Serial No. 653,842.

State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trucks;

and I do hereby declare that the following.

is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in .what is herein particularly set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim of this specification, its object being to provide simple, economical and etlicient preferably knockdown trucks especially designed for moving stoves.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a plan view of a stove-truck in accordance with my invention extended; Fig. 2, a similar view of the same collapsed, and Fig. 3, a cross-section of the truck on the plane indicated by line 33 in Fig. 1.; a stove being indicated by dotted lines in each illustration.

Referring by numerals to the drawings,

4, 4 and 5 indicate three rigid bars and 6v av jointed bar of theframe of a stove-truck in accordance with my invention, this frame being quadrangular when extended. Thebars 44 are superimposed on the ones 5 and 6 to whichthey are pivotally connected at their ends. 6 extend beyond the bars 44 to serve as rests for the legs of a stove set upon the truck, and it is preferable, as herein shown to employ bolts 7 and thumb-nuts 8 as the means for pivotally connecting the bars aforesaid, washers 9 being preferably provided on said bolts in opposition to their heads and said nuts.

The bar 6 comprises two sections in rulejoint union between the bars 4-4, the pivot of the joint being preferably a boltlO having a thumb-nut 11 run thereon, and wash- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for The ends of the bars 5 and.

, ers 12 are preferably providedon said bolt in oppositionto its head and said nut.

1 From the foregoing'it will be understood that I provide a collapsible and preferably 5 knockdown frame, and this frame is mountged on casters 13' in connection with the ends of its bars 5 and 6, to therewith constitute a truck.

In practice, the truck is first collapsed, by breaking in of the frame-bar 6, so as to permit of said truck being slid under a stove, as shown in Fig. 2, two of the stove legs are then .set on the protruding ends of the frame-bar 5, the truck extended'and the remaining legs of said stove set upon the protruding ends of the jointed framekbar rigid bar and a. jointed bar upon which those aforesaid are superimposed and pivotally connected at their ends. the ends of the under bars being extended beyond the upper bars; and casters in connection with said frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Sheboygan in the county of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin in'the presence of two witnesses;

HENRY ZARLING.

Witnesses LOUIS Gnassn, IRENE D. HANSON. I

Patented Mar. 5, 1912 6. The stove is now mounted on the truck five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 1).0. 

